Corporate Linkage - Enhanced

The Enhanced version of this D&B Direct product returns the ultimate parent of the requested company and all related entities. The Standard version returns only the direct line entities between the requested company and the ultimate parent.

Requirements & Options

When requesting this D&B Direct product, a valid D-U-N-S Number for a company, and the appropriate product code will be required. If this information is not available, refer to obtaining a company D-U-N-S Number for assistance. If a country code is included in the request, it will filter the results.

There are several options available when requesting this product.

1. Depth Limit: By default, this product will return all available levels of the corporate tree. An option exists to limit the number of levels returned.

2. Location Type: This option filters the corporate tree by specifying the type of entities to include. Subsidiary, Branch, Division, Headquarters, Parent, Domestic Ultimate, Global Ultimate and/or Affiliate are the possible options. Refer to the FamilyTreeMemberRoleCode field for a list of the acceptable coded values.

3. Geographic: This option allows the corporate tree to be filtered by country, state/territory, or city name.

4. Marketable Inclusions: By default, this product will exclude non marketable entities. Options exist to include entities with undeliverable mailing addresses, incomplete data, or that have specified they do not wish to be marketed to.

NOTE: The product code for Corporate Linkage - Enhanced is LNK_FF. This product may be included in the Monitoring process. However, monitoring may only be requested at the product code level (i.e. individual Business Elements may not be monitored).

Business Elements

The following table is an alphabetical list of the unique items delivered in this data layer. Legend: [C] = may be included in a Custom Data product; [M] = may be referenced by the Monitoring process; [M+] = Monitored using an aggregate or attribute XPath.

NOTE: This product will return a set of standard elements (e.g. D-U-N-S Number, Organization Name, Trade Styles, Family Tree Role, Primary Address, Mailing Address, Telephone Number, Fax Number, et al.) along with the business elements listed. In addition, customers who compare the following table to the Data Primer should be advised of several intentional differences.

Name

Description

XML*

JSON*

Direct Children Indicator

When 'true' indicates that only the count of immediate children is provided.

The D-U-N-S Number of the highest level parent within a corporate family tree that is domiciled in the same country as the requested company. A parent is a corporation that owns more than 50% of another corporation's capital stock. A subject may be its own domestic ultimate. [C]

A two-position counter that indicates the number of family tree levels below the global ultimate. The hierarchy level value of the global ultimate will always be 1. Each subsidiary level below the global ultimate is incremented by one. Branch locations in a family tree will have the same hierarchy code as its associated headquarter. [C]

When 'true' indicates that a business has requested its listing be removed from the D&B marketing file for privacy or other reasons. Delisting of records is performed at a company level, not at the executive name level. Records are removed from the

When 'true' indicates that the record satisfies D&B marketability rules. When 'false' indicates that the record does not satisfy D&B marketability rules; however, there is no requirement to create this tag to represent this fact. [C]

Text that records the street address components as it would be presented on an address label for a member of an ownership structured family tree. This includes, but is not limited to, details such as street name, street number, building name, estate n [C]

The D-U-N-S number of the highest level parent within a corporate family tree. A parent is a corporation that owns more than 50% of another corporation's capital stock. A subject may be its own global ultimate. [C]

Text specifying the manner in which the Subject is to receive special care from D&B when it is being contacted; e.g. do not call or do not send information requests. In many cases this process was specifically requested by the Subject. [C]

The number of subsidiaries, divisions, and branches plus the total number of affiliated subsidiaries linked to this company (i.e. subsidiaries with the same parent company). If Direct Children Indicator is set to true, this quantity is the total number of direct children; if Direct Children Indicator is set to false, this quantity is the total number of direct and indirect children. [C]

*The links in this column provide technical characteristics for the data field characteristics of the respective business element in the XML (SOAP) or JSON (REST) response.

The list above is not presented in the order, nor manner, in which the information is packaged and delivered via the D&B Direct API. In addition to these business elements, this product will return a set of standard elements for the company requested.

The Product Availability Lookup feature may be utilized to determine if this D&B Direct product is available for a given D-U-N-S Number.

Additional Details

The business elements will be repeated for each entity returned on the corporate tree.

Access to this information is provided on a metered basis; and will require data layer entitlement prior to use in the production environment. A built-in feature exists to prevent duplicate billing when multiple requests with the same D-U-N-S Number and product code are submitted on the same calendar day (which is based on Eastern Standard Time [GMT-5]).

An option exists to retain the results from all successful requests for this product in a Product Request Archive, which may be retrieved without incurring additional usage charges.